Christopher Rühr

Jan Christopher Rühr (born 19 December 1993)[1][2] is a German field hockey player who plays as a forward for Rot-Weiss Köln and the Germany national team.[3]

Christopher Rühr
Personal information
Full name Jan Christopher Rühr
Born (1993-12-19) 19 December 1993
Düsseldorf, Germany[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Playing position Forward
Youth career
Kahlenberger HTC
Uhlenhorst Mülheim
Senior career
Years Team
0000–2014 Uhlenhorst Mülheim
2014–2015 Club an der Alster
2015–present Rot-Weiss Köln
2017 → Ranchi Rays
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–present Germany 142 (64)
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Men's field hockey
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Cup
Gold medal – first place2023 Bhubaneswar/Rourkela
EuroHockey Championship
Silver medal – second place2015 London
Silver medal – second place2021 Amstelveen
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place2014 Bhubaneswar
Junior World Cup
Gold medal – first place2013 New Delhi
Men's indoor hockey
Indoor World Cup
Silver medal – second place2018 Berlin
Last updated on: 24 July 2021

Rühr was awarded the FIH Rising Star of the Year Award in 2013 and 2015.[4] He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he won the bronze medal.

He was educated at Seaford College.[5]

Career

Rühr played in his childhood as his 3 older siblings at Kahlenberger HTC, he played in the youth of Uhlenhorst Mülheim for 10 years and in the 2014–15 season in Hamburg for Club an der Alster for one year. He was voted "talent of the world" in January 2014, moved to Rot-Weiss Köln in 2015 and won the German field hockey championship in his first season with the Cologne team.[6] In January 2016, he was voted the "Rising Star" (Best Youth Player of the World) for the second time.[4] On 28 May 2021, he was named in the squads for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship and the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7]

References
  1. "Jan Christopher Rühr". Deutsche-Olympiamannschaft.de (in German). Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  2. "Christopher Ruhr". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  3. "Nationalspieler Portraits". hockey.de (in German). German Hockey Federation. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  4. "Christopher Rühr – Hockey Stars 2015 Men's Rising Star of the Year". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 3 February 2016. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  5. "Three Old Seafordians Compete in Rio 2016 Olympics Hockey". Seaford College. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  6. "Deutscher Meister Herren verteidigen den Titel".
  7. "DHB-Herren: Das Team für Olympia steht (fast)". hockey.de (in German). 28 May 2021. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
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